Saturday, April 15, 2000
School outlay reduced
Failed levies spur Talawanda to act
BY Sue Kiesewetter
Enquirer Contributor
OXFORD — High-school transportation will be eliminated from Talawanda Schools in August and sports participation fees will increase as the district cuts spending in the wake of two failed operating levies in the past six months.
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CUTS/SAVINGS
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Cut four teaching positions and the Latin program, $120,000.
Increase participation fees for sports, $50,000.
Reduce library/media, technology and building budgets, $229,000.
Eliminate board professional expenses, $10,000.
Drop contingency fund, $150,000.
Eliminate summer overtime and temporary employees, $15,000.
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The changes are part of a $574,000, 15-point plan to reduce spending by increasing fees or cutting programs and staff, adopted by the Talawanda Board of Education this week. Unless an operating levy is approved this year, more cuts will be made, board President William Vollmer said.
“We felt it was better to begin cuts now than wait until November when we'd have to make major cuts,” Mr. Vollmer said. “We tried to stay out of the classroom with this round of cuts.”
The district faces a $1 million deficit by June 2002 and a $3 million deficit the following year, Superintendent Susan Cobb said. The district's budget is about $17 million this year.
Voters in March turned down a $29.9 million bond issue to build a new high school and a 6.5-mill operating levy that would have raised $2.86 million annually. In November voters rejected a single ballot issue that included an operating levy and a slightly larger bond issue that also would have provided money to renovate elementary schools.
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